The International Institute of Tropical of Agriculture (IITA) established its East and Southern Africa Regional Research Centre (ESARC) in Uganda at the former Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Research Institute (NAARI), presently Namulonge Animal and Crops Research Institute (NaCRRI), to addres...
Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Dixon, A.
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Kanju, E.
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Ssemakula, G.N.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Whyte, J.
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Obiero, H.
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Bigirimana, S.
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Gashaka, G.
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Lukombo, S.
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Mkamilo, G.S.
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Ndyetabula, I.
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Tata-Hangy, W.
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Otim Okello, F.
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Schofield, J.
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[Successful innovations and lessons learnt in cassava improvement and deployment by IITA in Eastern African Region]
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Successful innovations and lessons learnt in cassava improvement and deployment by IITA in Eastern African Region
Understanding the resource allocation and use efficiency is essential considering the supportive role of agriculture in the advancement of other productive sectors of the economy. Technical efficiency and its determinants were investigated among smallholder cassava-farming and decision-taking uni...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Chianu, J.
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Ezedinma, C.
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Edet, M.
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[Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach]
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Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach
Cassava production and utilization in Cameroon have undergone a long evolution. The post-independenceand pre-1990 eras were marked by activities that considered cassava to be a subsistence food crop. Duringthis period, farmers relied on coffee and cocoa as the major cash crops. Cassava growers us...
Ngeve, J.M.
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Tenku, S.N.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Whyte, J.B.A.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Hanna, R.
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Akoroda, M.O.
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[Boilable cassava varieties: what is their role within the context of the global agricultural economy?]
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Boilable cassava varieties: what is their role within the context of the global agricultural economy?
An analysis was conducted of the productivity of smallholder farmers enrolled into an out-growers’ scheme to supply cassava to commercial starch processors under the Nestlé-IITA cassava starch value chain project. Under the project, improved cassava varieties–cloned to be high-yielding, early mat...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Chianu, J.
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Ezedinma, C.
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Edet, M.
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[Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria]
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Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria
The influence of socioeconomic and other household characteristics on the productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to the major commercial starch processors in Nigeria were examined. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 96 farmers working in clusters in selected...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Chianu, J.N.
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[Determinants of productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria: a baseline evidence]
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Determinants of productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria: a baseline evidence
The linkages between cassava production and the key agronomic and climatic factors were investigated with a view to estimating the supply response for cassava in Nigeria. Time series data from FAO and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 1961–2008, were used for the study. Data we...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Tarawali, G.
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Idowu, A. O.
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Akwarandu, B.
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[Influence of agronomic and climatic factors on root crops production: an econometric estimation of cassava supply response in Nigeria, 1961-2008]
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Influence of agronomic and climatic factors on root crops production: an econometric estimation of cassava supply response in Nigeria, 1961-2008
The study was specifically undertaken to appraise farmers' perception to cassava bacterial blight disease that ravages cassava in most cassava growing regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The study revealed that majority of the cassava farmers in the sampled area were averagely young, experien...
Chukwuka, K.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Azorji, J.
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[Farmer perceptions of cassava bacterial blight disease in Oyo State , southwest, Nigeria]
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Farmer perceptions of cassava bacterial blight disease in Oyo State , southwest, Nigeria
Alumona, J.O.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Ozigbo, E.
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Akinrinde, E.A.
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[Evaluation of ground cocoa pod husk and NPK fertilizer application for the productivity of maizeokra intercrop on an alfisol of southwestern Nigeria]
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Evaluation of ground cocoa pod husk and NPK fertilizer application for the productivity of maizeokra intercrop on an alfisol of southwestern Nigeria
The household head characteristics of smallholder cassava farmers supplying raw materials to the major commercial starch processors in Nigeria were examined alongside their market participation categories. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 96 farmers working in clusters i...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Chianu, J.N.
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[Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria]
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Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria
A field study was conducted to determine the rate of genetic improvement in grain and fodder yields and associated agronomic and physiological changes of determinate and semideterminate cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] genotypes developed in the Nigerian Sudan savannas in 1974 to 2004. Resul...
Kamara, A.Y.
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Tefera, H.
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Ewansiha, S.U.
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Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Boukar, O.
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Omoigui, L.O.
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[Genetic gain in yield and agronomic characteristics of cowpea cultivars developed in the Sudan savannas of Nigeria over the past three decades]
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Genetic gain in yield and agronomic characteristics of cowpea cultivars developed in the Sudan savannas of Nigeria over the past three decades